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updated July 10 2008

Toronto Joint-Operations Field Day 2008 Event HMCS York  (June 28-29 2008)

Field Day is an annual amateur radio exercise run by the National Association for Amateur Radio encouraging emergency communications preparedness among operators in Canada and the United States.  The intent is to practice the rapid deployment of radio communications equipment in environments ranging from operations under tents in remote areas to inside Emergency Operations Centres. 

Amateur Radio operators from the 709 Communication Regiment, Emergency Management Ontario ARES, Toronto Office of Emergency Management EmComm Group, Toronto ARES and York Region ARES conducted a Joint-Field Day Exercise at HMCS York Toronto...More..


ARES-EmComm Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2008  (April 12 2008)

On April 12th 2008 the City of Toronto Office of Emergency Management hosted the ARES-EmComm Annual General Meeting at the Toronto Emergency Operations Centre. A total of 45 members and guests were in attendance which included soldiers from the 709th Communications Regiment and Deputy Chief Tom Kontra from Emergency Management Ontario....More..

Emergency Operations Centre Activated for RAC Winter Contest (December 29th 2007)

The doors of the Toronto Emergency Operations Centre were opened for the RAC Winter Contest as an ARES exercise. Members of the Toronto ARES EOC Team, Jim Taylor VA3KU, Ted Cowie VE3AAP and Dean Cassar VA3SUG staffed the event for newly licensed radio operators from the 709th Communications Regiment Amateur Radio Club VA3TSR (Toronto Signal Regiment)....More..


709th Communications Regiment Amateur Radio Class 2007

In the spring of 2007 the Toronto ARES group was approached by the Commander of the 709th Communications Regiment based out of Fort York Armouries with an offer to supply volunteer emergency radio operators for the City of Toronto Emergency Operations Centre..More..


New Six Metre Repeater GTA Area (VA3ECT)

Toronto ARES is pleased to report the installation of a Six Metre repeater for wide area ARES coverage. The repeater VA3ECT 53.39- (NT) is located on the Scarborough bluffs, preliminary tests indicate promising results. 

All interested radio operators are invited to join us on the Toronto ARES Six Metre net every Saturday evening at 9:00 pm.